巴黎高科农业学院、苏伊士、苏伊士基金会、法国开发署，与法国ESSEC高等商学院 和罗纳-地中海-科西嘉​水务局签订四年合作伙伴关系新协议， 共同支持巴黎高科农业学院“苏伊士全民用水保障

巴黎高科农业学院、苏伊士、苏伊士基金会、法国开发署，与法国ESSEC高等商学院

和罗纳-地中海-科西嘉​水务局签订四年合作伙伴关系新协议，

共同支持巴黎高科农业学院“苏伊士全民用水保障”教研中心

·     自2009年以来，来自四大洲55个国家的300名管理人员和服务主管接受了水务和环境卫生服务战略管理专题的培训。

·     这个将教培与科研大面积结合的项目获联合国科教文组织的授牌，用以表彰其开展的研究和培训工作，以应对保障全民享有优质水务和环境卫生服务的挑战。

巴黎高科农业学院（AgroParisTech）、苏伊士、苏伊士基金会与法国开发署、法国ESSEC高等商学院以及罗纳-地中海-科西嘉水务局，承诺建立为期四年的世界一流合作伙伴关系，以应对新兴国家面临的气候和城镇化挑战，立刻构建可持续环境。经与塞内加尔的达喀尔大学高等理工学院（UCAD-ESP）和加纳的夸梅·恩克鲁玛科技大学（KNUST）两所非洲高等院校签订协议，上述学术合作伙伴关系得到进一步壮大。相关教育和科研项目将在巴黎高科农业学院的水研究中心和联合国科教文组织的国际中心开展一系列强化培训课程，包括开展远程教学（线上学习）。

在为全民提供优质的水务和环境卫生服务的同时，确保水资源的可持续管理，是公共和私营服务运营商的巨大挑战，这在发展中国家尤其突出。于2008年设立的巴黎高科农业学院“苏伊士全民用水保障”教研中心是一个独特的培训和研究中心。该中心现已为发展中国家培训了近300名环境卫生服务管理人员和业务主管。它体现了苏伊士与巴黎高科农业学院致力于加强这类服务管理人员和业务主管的业务素养，为联合国的可持续发展目标做出贡献。

随着城市化和气候变暖加速，巴黎高科农业学院、苏伊士、苏伊士基金会和法国开发署将延续其合作伙伴关系，建立一个世界一流的中心以提供水务和环境卫生服务的战略管理培训，面向中层和高级管理人员，以及担任管理职务的运营或职能部门经理。此次与欧洲领先的管理培训机构——法国ESSEC高等商学院建立的新学术合作伙伴关系，旨在通过培训和研究活动，支持并推动人类社会的生态及社会转型。这将有助于在战略及项目管理方面丰富有关以成果和服务为导向的教育活动。

巴黎高科农业学院水研究中心教研中心

巴黎高科农业学院水研究中心充分依托蒙彼利埃大学的研究生态系统，并得到了区域内多所高校的支持。其所在的巴黎高科农业学院是蒙彼利埃水资源与环境研究所，以及联合国教科文组织下属的水资源体系动力学国际跨学科研究中心的成员单位，也是蒙彼利埃大学卓越研究联盟（MUSE i-Site）发起的“蒙彼利埃大学卓越研究重点项目之水务倡议”（KIM WATERS）的支持单位。蒙彼利埃市也是法国水务团队竞争力集群的所在地，并正在加强与水务部门专业人士的联系。该教研中心可以说是“卓越中心的核心机构”。

教研中心将从2021年起开设线上培训课程，巩固其在海外开展的教培活动，加强其国际影响力。教研中心提供以下服务内容：

·         就供水和环境卫生企业的不同职能部门及公司所面临的挑战（基础设施的运营、客户关系管理、人力资源管理、资产管理、成本控制、财务等）开展培训，帮助管理人员提高业务分析能力、制定中长期目标、构建相关行动计划并开展日常管理等；

·         针对日常管理问题的培训： 战略管理和规划、按职能部门、机构关系、与利益相关方的关系等划定职责范围并协调行动计划；

·         项目管理培训：范围划定、项目运行监督、行动计划的设计、管理和审批、方法和工具、故障排查等；

·         国际培训课程：为水务部门的利益相关方举办本地培训课程（尤其是非洲和亚洲国家）。

“全民用水保障”国际行政管理硕士OpT 课程，由教研中心组织开展并得到巴黎高科农业学院的支持，获得法国大学校联合会（CGE）的认证，并已在法国国家职业资格认证目录（RNCP）中注册。

罗纳-地中海-科西嘉水务局为法国环保部下属的致力于保护法国国内水资源的公共机构。水务局作为教研中心的合作伙伴，提供配套教育资金，作为国际干预政策之一，提高水务和环境卫生服务设施的普及度。

教研中心在发展中国家开展培训，面向国际管理学院或位于非洲或亚洲的卓越中心，加强高等教育和研究方面的知识传授，以落实区域化培训的战略，并加强发展中国家合作培训组织的能力建设。

为项目运营同事和研究人员提供交流的平台

教研中心旨在通过完善服务管理，尤其是针对经济、政治、机制、管理状况和治理框架的相关分析，支持促进饮用水和环境服务普及度的各类研究项目。研究大纲根据法国科学委员会（科学委员会的成员均为各研究领域内的知名专家）的建议拟订。教研中心作为水务和环境服务业务管理人员和研究人员交流的平台，旨在促进知识的进步和分享。教研中心每两年还组织一次国际学术研讨会。

苏伊士集团首席执行官兼苏伊士基金会主席康宇表示：“苏伊士和苏伊士基金会很荣幸能够继续资助巴黎高科农业学院‘苏伊士全民用水保障’教研中心的工作开展。我们的服务对生活质量、健康和经济发展至关重要。朝着立刻行动、共建可持续环境的目标，加强对水务和环境服务的知识输入必不可少。我们资助的教研中心将通过高质量、国际化的培训，为发展中国家的水务和环境服务从业者提供一个传授知识和提高技能的平台。”

巴黎高科农业学院院长Gilles Trystram表示：“全球水资源的保护、输配和水务服务是一项重要课题。巴黎高科农业学院为能够继续实施过去几年来在全球开展的教育项目而深感自豪。我们与法国ESSEC高等商学院、苏伊士和法国开发署建立的合作伙伴关系是积极的、高度开放的、且能够发挥各方的优势。巴黎高科农业学院‘苏伊士全民用水保障’教研中心已取得一定的国际知名度。我们将再接再厉，并期望通过该教研中心取得的经验推广至学院针对水务业务开展的其他教育项目中。”

法国开发署署长Rémy Rioux表示：“我很欣喜见证法国开发署继续支持联合国可持续发展目标（SDG）六提出的关于清洁用水和环境服务设施的相关工作开展。在与巴黎高科农业学院、苏伊士和苏伊士基金会的合作框架下，法国开发署每年在水务和环境服务领域投入超过10亿欧元用以提高数百万民众的福祉，他们中大多数来自于非洲。通过这一合作项目，行业利益相关方可在集合了广泛教育资源的教研中心获取相关培训，而该领域的工作又与优质教育资源的获取、可持续城镇化和社区发展、性别平等等其他多项可持续发展目标密切关联。这种对人力资本的投入，是我们确保水务和环境服务管理事业投资取得高绩效性和可持续性的重要组成部分。”

法国ESSEC高等商学院院长Vincenzo Vinzi表示：“在环境危机是人类面临的第一大挑战的时代，确保可持续获取水资源等环境基本要素是我们亟待解决的问题。ESSEC高等商学院、巴黎高科农业学院、苏伊士、苏伊士基金会和法国开发署形成的多方合作伙伴关系体现了我们共同的愿望，即通过开展培训和研究工作，通过实施兼顾所有相关方利益和地理区域多样性的高瞻远瞩战略，发起一场深刻的革新，以促进并影响人类社会的生态及社会转型。”

罗纳-地中海-科西嘉水务局局长Laurent Roy表示：“在法国《OUDIN-SANTINI法》的约束内，六家水务机构将为其流域所在当地政府制定的水、环境服务和健康服务普及度的区域性合作项目提供资金支持。如巴黎高科农业学院‘苏伊士全民用水保障’教研中心倡议的，对于正在开发区域性合作项目的国家，提高水务技术人员和工程师的技能水平可为水务服务和资源的可持续管理创造机会。面对气候变化的挑战，水务管理人员需采取灵活度高的策略，尤其是在设备资产的管理、管网的防渗漏措施、污水处理后的无害排放与资源回用等方面。”

苏伊士基金会

苏伊士基金会在发展中国家支持为弱势群体持续改善基础服务（水务、环境服务和废弃物管理）普及性的一系列实务工作。基金会也在法国国内通过就业促进和培训项目向弱势群体提供帮助。自创立以来，苏伊士基金会每年投入300到400万欧元预算，结合集团内的专家资源提供技术支持。

苏伊士

苏伊士集团自19世纪末以来，不断积累专业知识，通过保护健康并支持经济增长，助力人们持续提高生活质量。苏伊士及旗下90,000名员工遍布全球五大洲，致力于保护和修复我们的自然环境要素：水、土壤和空气。在水务管理、固废回收再造、土壤修复和空气治理等方面，苏伊士提供富有弹性的创新型解决方案，通过“智慧”城市优化市政和各行业的资源管理，提升其环境和经济效益。集团向6,400人提供环境服务，生产饮用水71亿立方米。苏伊士还为经济发展做出了积极贡献，每年直接或间接创造了20多万个就业岗位，作为新资源的提供者，生产了420万吨再生原料。集团的目标是在2030年前提供100%的可持续解决方案，为我们的环境、健康和气候带来积极影响。苏伊士集团2020年的总收入达172亿欧元。

巴黎高科农业学院

巴黎高科农业学院是受法国农业部和高等教育部监管的生命科学和环境产业研究院校。作为高等教育和研究领域的一所全球重点知名院校，巴黎高科农业学院致力于应对二十一世纪的重大挑战：通过可持续的土地资源管理、自然资源的保护、创新驱动和生物经济学研究，为全人类做出贡献。

学院藉由科研以及对接的高等教育组织间的关系，通过与法国和国外各大院校合办的工程类课程、硕士及博士项目，以及在“巴黎高科农业学院行政管理培训”教育品牌下长期开展的一系列专业教育类项目，为生命科学和环境领域培养行政管理人员、工程师、博士生和管理人才。

巴黎高科农业学院在法国各地设有10个中心和校区（其中4个在巴黎核心区），下设5个培训和研究部门、22家联合研究单位、1家研究和开发单位、1处实验农场、2个技术中心和多个被称为InnLabs的第三方开放式平台。学院共有2300多名学生，其中13%为博士生。学院的教学研究人员为250名。

巴黎高科农业学院是巴黎萨克雷大学的创始成员院校之一，也是巴黎高科（ParisTech）体系的成员和法国农业、食品、动物健康与环境研究联合体（​Agreenium）的成员。

法国开发署

法国开发署负责落实法国的国家发展和国际合作政策。法国开发署通过资金支持等措施，加快实现世界发展一致性与韧性。法国开发署携手合作伙伴，与发展中国家人民一起打造解决方案。法国开发署的团队在法国本土、海外法属地区以及115个国家和地区开展了4000多个项目，致力于促进气候变化、生物多样性、和平、性别平等、教育和健康等领域的共同利益，并藉此体现法国和法国人民对可持续发展目标的承诺与贡献。

法国ESSEC高等商学院

法国ESSEC高等商学院创立于1907年，是全球管理领域的知名教育机构，拥有EQUIS、AACSB和AMBA认证“三冠王”的称号。ESSEC高等商学院拥有7,060名本科生，提供全方位的管理课程，并与世界一流大学建立了合作关系。学校研究生规模为62,000名，在法国和新加坡聘用有142名全职教授，包括19名因其研究质量和影响力而受到认可的名誉教授。ESSEC高等商学院享有卓越的学术传统，秉承为经济和社会活动提供创新服务的开放精神。2005年，ESSEC在新加坡设立了具有战略意义的亚洲校区，即ESSEC亚太校区。该校区的开设有利于学院将其专业知识传授到快速扩张的亚洲区域，从而更多地参与亚洲的发展。2016年，ESSEC在摩洛哥首都拉巴特设立了新的ESSEC非洲校区。ESSEC的国际化发展为其学生和教职人员开展研究并了解世界各地的经济发展态势提供了便利。

罗纳-地中海-科西嘉水务局 - www.eaurmc.fr | www.sauvonsleau.fr 

罗纳-地中海-科西嘉水务局是受法国环境部监管的国家公共机构，其使命为修复水资源和水生环境使其保持健康状态。根据“谁污染谁付费”的原则，水务局根据用水客户的用水量和排污量收取相关费用。这些客户包括家庭、当地政府、工业企业、农场主等。收集到的款项被重新用于当地政府、工业企业、农场主和行业协会改善水和环境质量的工作，如完善环境服务系统、减少有害物质的污染、节约和共享水资源、恢复因扩散性污染（杀虫剂和硝酸盐）而造成的集水区水质的退化、保护战略性饮用水水源、修复河流、海洋、退化或濒危湿地的生态功能等...... 水务局在《2019年至2024年管理计划》框架内采取行动。该计划列明了六年期的主要工作重点。水务局的年度援助预算约为4.4亿欧元，员工数量为330名。

AgroParisTech, SUEZ, the Fondation SUEZ, the French Development Agency sign a new 4-year partnership for the AgroParisTech "SUEZ - Water for All" Chair, along with ESSEC Business School and the Rhône Méditerranée Corse
Water Agency

·       Since 2009, 300 managers and directors of services trained in strategic management for water and sanitation services from 55 countries on four continents

·       An extensive pedagogical and scientific partnership, awarded the UNESCO label for its work, research and training, responding to the challenge of access to quality water and sanitation for all

AgroParisTech, SUEZ, the Fondation SUEZ with the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement) and ESSEC Business School, in association with the Agence de l’Eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse, have committed to establishing a world-class four-year partnership Chair to address the climate and urban challenges faced by emerging countries and to start building a sustainable environment now. The academic partnership has been expanded with the establishment of agreements with two African institutions (UCAD-ESP in Senegal and KNUST in Ghana). This educational and scientific project, run within AgroParisTech’s Water Centre and the UNESCO International Centre, offers an enhanced range of training courses, including the development of distance learning (“e-learning”) approaches.

Providing access to quality water and sanitation for all, while ensuring the sustainable management of water resources, is a considerable challenge for public and private service operators, especially in developing countries. The AgroParisTech SUEZ-Eau pour Tous Chair, created in 2008, is a unique training and research centre that has already trained nearly 300 managers and executives of water and sanitation services in developing countries. It is a manifestation of SUEZ and AgroParisTech’s commitment to contribute to strengthening the skills of the managers and executives who run these services and thus participate in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN.

As the pace of urbanisation and climate change continues to accelerate, AgroParisTech, SUEZ, the Fondation SUEZ and AFD are maintaining their partnership to build a world-class centre to provide training in strategic management of water and sanitation utilities, aimed at senior executives and general management teams, senior managers who are about to take up these positions and operational or functional managers in management roles. A new academic partnership with ESSEC – a leading management training institution in Europe – with the goal of supporting and influencing ecological and social transition in our societies through training and research, will contribute to enriching the results- and service-oriented education initiative on strategic and project management.

A Chair within the AgroParisTech Water Centre

Firmly rooted in Montpellier’s university research ecosystem, this centre is supported by a regional university dynamic. AgroParisTech is a member of the Montpellier Institute for Water and the Environment, the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Research into the dynamics of water systems under the auspices of UNESCO, and a supporter of the KIM WATERS initiative at the Montpellier University of Excellence (MUSE) i-Site. Montpellier is also home to the France Water Team competitiveness cluster, and is strengthening its links with professionals in the water sector. The Chair is at the heart of this centre of excellence.

The Chair’s training courses may be introduced on a remote learning basis starting in 2021, consolidating its actions abroad in order to strengthen its international influence. The Chair offers:

·          training on the various different functions of a water and sanitation utility, its overall challenges (infrastructure operation, customer management, human resources management, asset management, cost control, finance, etc.), to enable managers to make diagnoses, set medium- and long-term targets, construct related action plans and manage them;

·          training on general management issues: strategic management and planning, scoping and coordination of action plans by function, institutional relations, relations with stakeholders;

·          training on project management: scoping, operational diagnosis, design of an action plan, management, approval, methodologies and tools, problem solving;

·          international training courses for water stakeholders in situ (particularly in Africa and Asia).

The “Water for All” International Executive Master OpT course offered by the Chair and supported by AgroParisTech is accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles and registered in the Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles directory.

The Agence de l’Eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse, a public institution of the French Ministry of the Environment dedicated to the preservation of water in France, partners with the Chair by financing educational grants as part of its international intervention policy for access to water and sanitation.

The Chair promotes training in the Global South, for the improved transfer of know-how to international management schools or African or Asian centres of excellence, in higher education and research, in order to establish a strategy of decentralised training and building the capacity of partner training organisations in the Global South.

A forum for operational staff and researchers

The Chair supports research programmes aimed at promoting access to drinking water and sanitation through the improvement of service management, in particular through the analysis of economic, political, institutional and managerial conditions, and through the analysis of the governance framework. Research initiatives are drawn up in response to proposals from the Scientific Council, whose members are well-known figures in the research field. The Chair aims to promote the advancement and sharing of knowledge by acting as a forum for water and sanitation managers and researchers. Every two years, it organises scientific meetings for an international audience.

Bertrand Camus, Chief Executive Officer of the SUEZ Group and Fondation Chairman: “SUEZ and the Fondation SUEZ are proud to renew their commitment to the AgroParisTech Suez-Water for All Chair. Our services are essential for quality of life, health and economic development. Education in the water and sanitation sector is of vital importance if we are to shape a sustainable environment – a process which starts now. The Chair will provide a means of sharing and strengthening skills for services in developing countries, with quality training and international scope.”

Gilles Trystram, AgroParisTech Chief Executive Officer: “The worldwide issue of water, its distribution and associated services is a key one, and AgroParisTech is proud to be continuing the training activities that have been underway for several years now on an international scale. The partnership with ESSEC, SUEZ and AFD is dynamic, is based on a very open framework, and combines complementary skills. The AgroParisTech SUEZ-Water for All Chair has achieved a certain worldwide profile, and it is our goal to develop it further as well as to spread the advances obtained via this Chair to the other AgroParisTech training courses in the water sector.”

Rémy Rioux, Agence Française de Développement Chief Executive Officer: “I am delighted that AFD is continuing to support the 6^th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on access to clean water and sanitation – an area in which it invests over a billion euros a year for the benefit of several million people, particularly in Africa – within the framework of a partnership with AgroParisTech, SUEZ, and the Fondation SUEZ. This collaboration will allow stakeholders in this sector to train in a Chair with an extensive range of educational offerings, in a field that ties together numerous SDGs relating to access to quality education, sustainable towns and communities or gender equality. This investment in human capital is an essential part of ensuring the performance and sustainability of the funding we provide to water and sanitation management.”

Vincenzo Vinzi, ESSEC Business School General Director: “At a time when environmental crises are humanity’s number one challenge, sustainable access to the fundamental resource of water is an issue we urgently need to address. This partnership between ESSEC, AgroParisTech, SUEZ, the Fondation SUEZ and the Agence Française de Développement is proof of the collective desire to initiate a profound change to support and influence the ecological and social transition of our societies through training and research, by implementing an ambitious strategy that takes account of the diverse nature of stakeholders and geographical areas.”

Laurent Roy, General Director of the Rhône Méditerranée Corse Water Agency: "The 6 water agencies contribute, within the framework of the OUDIN-SANTINI law, to the financing of decentralized cooperation programs dealing with access to water, sanitation and hygiene, drawn up by the local authorities of their basin. In countries where decentralized cooperation programs are being developed, strengthening the skills of water technicians and engineers, as proposed by the AgroParisTech SUEZ Chair, offers the opportunity to develop the sustainable management of water services and resources. In the face of climate change, adaptation strategies must be proposed by water managers, in particular the management of equipment assets, the fight against leaks, and the sanitation and reuse of treated wastewater as alternative resources to be developed.”

About the Fondation SUEZ

The Fondation SUEZ supports practical initiatives for the sustainable improvement of access to essential services (water, sanitation and waste management) among disadvantaged groups of people in emerging countries and, in France, for the promotion the integration of vulnerable people through employment and training initiatives. With an annual budget of €3-4m since its creation, the Fondation SUEZ participates in the projects it supports through skills patronage with the Group’s experts.

SUEZ:

Leveraging the expertise it has acquired since the end of the 19th century, SUEZ helps people to continually improve their quality of life by protecting their health and supporting economic development. Operating globally, the Group and its 90,000-strong workforce preserve the key elements of our environment – water, land and air – by providing innovative and resilient solutions in water management, waste recovery, soil decontamination and air processing that enable local authorities and industries to optimise the management of their resources, such as smart cities, and to improve their environmental and economic performances. The group provides sanitation services to 64 million residents, produces 7.1 billion m3 of drinking water, contributes to economic development by creating over 200,000 direct and indirect jobs per year and helps to create new resources with 4.2 million tonnes of secondary raw materials produced. At the end of its strategic plan, the Group’s aim is to achieve fully sustainable solutions that have a positive impact on the environment, health and the climate. In 2020, SUEZ generated revenue of €17.2 billion.

AgroParisTech is the institute for life science and environmental industries, under the supervision of France’s ministries of agriculture and higher education. A player in higher education and research, this key flagship international institution addresses the major challenges of the 21^st century: feeding people by managing land sustainably, preserving natural resources, promoting innovation and making use of the bioeconomy.

The institution trains executives, engineers, doctors and managers in the fields of life science and the environment, based on research and its links to the professional world, through its engineering curriculum, master’s programme and doctoral programme in partnership with major French and foreign universities, as well as a range of ongoing professional education initiatives under the “AgroParisTech Executive” brand.

AgroParisTech consists of 10 centres and campuses across France (including 4 in the Ile-de-France region), 5 training and research departments, 22 joint research units, a research and development unit, 1 experimental farm, 2 technology centres, and open third places known as “InnLabs”. It has more than 2,300 students, 13% of whom are doctoral candidates, and 250 teacher-researchers.

AgroParisTech is a founding member of the Université Paris-Saclay, a member of the ParisTech network and an Agreenium member.

AFD: The Agence française de développement (AFD) group implements France’s development and international solidarity policy. It finances, supports and accelerates transitions towards a more consistent and resilient world. AFD builds shared solutions with its partners, with and for the populations of the Global South. AFD’s teams are involved in more than 4,000 projects in the field, in Overseas France, in 115 countries and in territories in crisis, promoting the common interest in areas such as climate, biodiversity, peace, gender equality, education and health. AFD is thus contributing to France and its people’s commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals.

ESSEC, founded in 1907, is a major player in management education on the world stage, holding the “Triple Crown” of EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA accreditations. With 7,060 undergraduate students, a wide range of management programmes, partnerships with the world’s leading universities, a network of 62,000 graduates, and a faculty of 142 permanent professors in France and Singapore – including 19 emeritus professors recognised for the quality and influence of their research – ESSEC maintains a tradition of academic excellence and cultivates a spirit of openness in the service of economic and social activities and innovation. In 2005, ESSEC opened a campus in Asia, ESSEC Asia-Pacific, strategically located in Singapore. This campus represents an opportunity for ESSEC to participate in the growth of Asia and to bring its expertise to this rapidly expanding region. In 2016, ESSEC opened a new ESSEC Africa campus in Rabat, Morocco. ESSEC’s international expansion enables its students and faculty members to study and understand the economic forces at work in different regions of the world.

The Rhône Méditerranée Corse Water Agency - www.eaurmc.fr | www.sauvonsleau.fr 

The water agency is a public establishment of the State under the supervision of the Ministry of the Environment, whose mission is to restore the good status of water and aquatic environments. In application of the polluter-pays principle, it collects tax charges paid by all users: households, local authorities, industrials, farmers, according to the volumes they withdraw and the pollution they discharge. The money collected is reinvested in local authorities, industrials, farmers and associations that are working to improve the quality of water and the environment: improving sanitation systems, reducing pollution by toxic substances, saving and sharing water, restoring the quality of water in catchments degraded by diffuse pollution (pesticides and nitrates), preserving strategic resources for drinking water, restoring the natural functioning of rivers, marine environments and degraded or threatened wetlands... The water agency acts within the framework of an intervention program 2019-2024 which sets the main priorities for action for 6 years. The agency has an annual aid capacity of about 440 M€ and employs 330 people.